"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
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At least the Soyuz toilet provides suction to get feces to settle into the
collection bag.

The NASA adhesive bags used on Gemini and Apollo had no suction.
Reportedly there was trouble getting the excrement to fully release and
"drop" into the bag. From what I remember, there was a place in the bag
designed to fit your finger (like a glove for a single digit) to help with
this procedure. Needless to say, this wasn't an easy task in microgravity.

This always brings to mind a phrase I once read in a wilderness emergency
medicine book.

Digital Extraction of Fecal Impaction.



Jeff


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